Models on the rails – some big enough to ride

Monday, May 21st, 2012

The Reading Society of Model Engineers hosted an open house over the weekend at its clubhouse in Alsace Township to kick off the group's 2012 season, which runs from May to November.

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Models on the rails - some big enough to ride

Model trains, Lego layout, tiny ride at fest mesmerizes kids

Sunday, March 4th, 2012

OGDEN — The eyes of adults and children followed the trains weaving their way through intricate model layouts of countryside, construction sites and metropolitan areas. The 23rd annual Hostlers Model Railroad Festival was full steam ahead. read more

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Model Trains at Museum of Aviation

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Middle Georgia Model Railroad club is featuring full size train displays at the Museum of Aviation this week.

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Railroad Club Train Show and Sale attracts large family audience

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Inside a room of the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education on Sunday morning, train whistles blew and children cheered as model trains barrelled around handmade tracks. In another room, families crowded around vendors’ stands, eager to purchase their own model train sets.

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Stanford team trains computer to evaluate breast cancer

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

( Stanford University Medical Center ) In a paper to be published Nov. 9 in Science Translational Medicine, computer scientists at the Stanford School of Engineering and pathologists at the Stanford School of Medicine report their collaboration to train computers to analyze breast cancer microscopic images. The computer analysis were more accurate than those conducted by humans.

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Many enjoy model train show in Austintown

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

By ELISE McKEOWN SKOLNICK news@vindy.com AUSTINTOWN Visitors watched as model trains chugged

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Cars, Trees & Traditions Lights Up the Holiday Season at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Opening Reception, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18Children's Crafts and Running Model Trains Weekends through Dec. 18Chrysler-Theme Model Trains Enhance 2011 ExhibitPresented by Ally and the Metro Detroit Chrysler Dodge Jeep®...

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Cars, Trees & Traditions Lights Up the Holiday Season at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum

All aboard: 23rd annual model railroad event kicks off Feb. 26

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

Calling all train enthusiasts! The stage is set. The tracks are laid. Coordinators are putting on the finishing touches for the 23rd annual Depot Stove Gang Model Railroad Show and Swap Meet to be held Saturday and Sunday at in Lena.

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Celebrating a love of the rails

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

Train enthusiasts, children and railroad history buffs attended Railfest at an Upper Southampton church on Saturday.

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Recession, new generation can’t derail toy train hobby

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

More than a century after they were invented, toy trains remain popular Christmas toys.Showing a Lionel train set in motion with smoke and train sounds at the Pittston Train Shop, owner John Merlino said he has been interested in model trains since his

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